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	<td><p>To add free texts to the home plan, you must first choose <i>Plan &gt; Add texts</i> or select the <i>Add texts</i> tool.
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	  <blockquote>
	    <p><img src="../images/createLabelsTool.png" alt="Adding text mode tool" width="24" height="24" align="absmiddle">&nbsp;<i>Add
	        texts</i> tool</p>
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	  <p>To add a new text, click at its location in the home plan, then
	    enter its text in the pane that will appear as shown below. </p>
	  <p align="center"><img src="images/addingText.png"></p>
	  <p>Once a text is created, you may change its size and its style with the menu items available in <i>Plan &gt; Modify text style</i> submenu. 
	  You may also change its text, its font, its color and its 3D rendering by  selecting the 
	  <i>Plan &gt; Modify text</i> menu item. Selecting the <i>Visible in the 3D view</i>  check box in the modification pane will let the text appear in the 3D view too, 
	  either horizontally or vertically oriented. </p>
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	      <td align="center">Horizontal orientation</td>
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	      <td align="center">Vertical orientation with elevation</td>
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<p>To end
  adding texts, choose <i>Plan &gt; Select </i> or select the <i>Select</i> tool (or an other tool).</p>	  
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	    <p><img src="../images/selectTool.png" alt="Select tool" width="24" height="24" align="absmiddle">&nbsp;<i>Select</i> tool</p>	    
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      <p>In <i>Selection</i> mode, you may rotate <b>one</b> selected text with its indicator, or double-click 
      on it to display its modification pane.</p></td>
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          <p>The name of a <a href="editingFurniture.html">piece of furniture</a> and the name of a <a href="editingRooms.html">room</a> may
            also be displayed in the home plan. The behavior of these texts as well as the behavior of the texts of the area
            of <a href="editingRooms.html">rooms</a> and
            the length of <a href="editingDimensions.html">dimensions</a> are different from the one of the free texts created
            with the <i>Add texts</i> tool, because their location is relative to the object to which they are bound.
            Thus, unlike a free text, a bound text will move with its object when you'll move its object, it will
            be copied with
            its object and
            it will be deleted
            with
            its object.</p>
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	    <td><p>&#149;</p></td>
	    <td><p>The  font used by default by free texts is set in the <i>Default font</i> drop down list shown in the <a href="editingPreferences.html">Preferences</a> pane.</p></td>
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	<p>While <i>Add texts</i> tool is selected, some  tools and menus are disabled. If you need these tools, select the <i>Select</i>	  tool
	  again.</p>
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